Joshua 2:11
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11 As soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no courage left in any of us because of you. The Lord your God is indeed God in heaven above and on earth below.(A)
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Deuteronomy 4:39
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39 So acknowledge today and take to heart that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.(A)
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Isaiah 13:7
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7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart will melt,(A)
Joshua 7:5
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5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim and killing them on the slope. The hearts of the people melted and turned to water.
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Joshua 5:1
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The New Generation Circumcised
5 [a]When all the kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan to the west and all the kings of the Canaanites by the sea heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the Israelites.(A)
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Zechariah 8:20-23
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Many Peoples Drawn to Jerusalem
20 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, the inhabitants of many cities; 21 the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ‘Come, let us go to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’(A) 22 Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the Lord.(B) 23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from nations of every language shall take hold of a Jew, grasping his garment and saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’ ”(C)
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Daniel 6:25-27
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25 Then King Darius wrote to all peoples and nations of every language throughout the whole world: “May you have abundant prosperity!(A) 26 I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people shall tremble and fear before the God of Daniel:
For he is the living God,
enduring forever.
His kingdom shall never be destroyed,
and his dominion has no end.(B)
27 He delivers and rescues;
he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth;
he has saved Daniel
from the power of the lions.”
Daniel 4:34-35
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Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
34 When that period was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me.
I blessed the Most High
and praised and honored the one who lives forever.
For his sovereignty is an everlasting sovereignty,
and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.(A)
35 All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and he does what he wills with the host of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can stay his hand
or say to him, “What have you done?”(B)
Jeremiah 16:19-21
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19 O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our ancestors have inherited nothing but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.(A)
20 Can mortals make for themselves gods?
Such are no gods!”(B)
21 “Therefore I am surely going to teach them, this time I am going to teach them my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the Lord.”(C)
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Psalm 102:15
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15 The nations will fear the name of the Lord
and all the kings of the earth your glory.(A)
Psalm 83:18
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18 Let them know that you alone,
whose name is the Lord,
are the Most High over all the earth.(A)
1 Kings 8:60
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60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.(A)
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Revelation 6:16
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16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,(A)
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Nahum 2:10
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10 Devastation, desolation, and destruction!
Hearts faint and knees tremble;
all loins quake;
all faces grow pale!(A)
Psalm 22:14
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14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
it is melted within my breast;(A)
Joshua 14:8
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8 But my companions who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, yet I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.(A)
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Deuteronomy 20:8
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8 The officers shall continue to address the troops, saying, ‘Is anyone afraid or disheartened? He should go back to his house, or he might cause the heart of his comrades to melt like his own.’(A)
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Deuteronomy 1:28
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28 Where are we headed? Our kindred have made our hearts melt by reporting, “The people are stronger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven! We actually saw there the offspring of the Anakim!” ’(A)
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Exodus 15:14
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14 The peoples heard; they trembled;
pangs seized the inhabitants of Philistia.(A)
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